Florence in the year 1518 is riven by scientific and sociological change caused b the wonderful devices of the Great Engineer, Leonardo da Vinci. Now he is old and lives as a recluse working behind the walls of his castle. The Raphaelites, artists and anti-technologists led by Raphael of Urbino, call for his excommunication.
Pasquale di Cione fiesole, an apprentice painter witnesses an assassination attempt on Raphael at a Cathedral service. The weapon falls into his hands, and he is soon on the run from engineers and artists, desperate to prove his innocence.
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Descrizione libro Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good ++. Splash (cover) (illustratore). 384 pages of inventive ideas set in Florence, italy in 1518. Read more about : gold circlet, Savonarolistas, mercenary troops, Great Engineer, Vespasiano da Bisticci, Palazzo, and Taddei, UNillustrated. Cond : Paper wrapper is green with white and yellow lettering.Spine fine, colours bright. no names nor marks. excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 197) : " Cardano made another languid gesture, and held up a little box. It was covered in black leather, and the astrologer flicked a hinged slide that covered a pinhole opening at one end. Pasquale knew once ._._._. ." Size: 12mo. Codice articolo 012375